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Advantage Advertising’s Chuck Christopher Supports University of Idaho’s JAMM Program

Excerpted from the University of Idaho’s Letter from the President, February 27, 2015.

Generous Gift Supports Award-winning JAMM Program

When Chuck Christopher ’84 graduated with a bachelor’s degree in advertising from the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences, he was prepared for success in his career. As a participant on the University of Idaho’s award-winning advertising team in the School of Journalism and Mass Media (JAMM), Chuck developed the skills and experience needed to become president of Advantage Advertising in Lewiston, Idaho, in 1987. “Being on the ad team gave me the precise experience to take into my career,” said Chuck. “The ad team prepares the best talent for success in the industry.” Chuck and his wife, Mindy, recently gave to the Advertising Team Endowment so that current Idaho students can prepare for their own future successes. The ad team, advised by JAMM faculty member Justin Barnes, has won the five-state regional competition for two years in a row.

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Comings and goings at DaviesMoore

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DaviesMoore has been going through a growth spurt as of late. Here are some of their latest hires:

Ben Adams — Digital Media Planner / Buyer

Jessca Hellwinkel — Account Services Assistant

Erin Westendorf — Accounting & Billing Assistant

Lindsey Schultz — Office Manager

Dustin Jones — Web Developer

In addition to these new hires, DaviesMoore has also had a couple of notable promotions:

Tyler LaDouceur is now Account Services Manager. He’s been with DaviesMoore since 2007, and was most recently Digital Media Planner/Buyer & Media Buyer Senior Account Executive.

Tanya Vaughan has been promoted from Vice President of Digital to Chief Digital Officer, and is now a partner in the firm.

On the goings front, Isaac Squyres is no longer with DaviesMoore. According to his LinkedIn profile he left in November and has formed Squyres Strategic Communications.

And finally, after 33 years in the business, Jeff Nielsen retired at the end of 2014.

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So you want to bring Draplin back to Boise, huh?

Well, you’d better get over to NKTRNL Design Co.’s Bring Back Drap Kickstarter right away.

Seriously, what are you waiting for?

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Liebenthal returns to Boise as Creative Director at CLM

John LiebenthalJohn Liebenthal has returned to Boise, this time as Creative Director at CLM Marketing & Advertising.

Prior to joining CLM, John was associate creative director at Young & Rubicam Group Seattle, and also served briefly as ACD at Draftfcb/Hacker Group, also in Seattle.

Diving further back into the history books, John spent about five years as associate creative director at Oliver Russell, and a couple of years as senior copywriter. He also spent about five years with Publicis in Boise, as senior copywriter and creative director.

Welcome back to Boise John.

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From the media front: New hires at KTVB Digital

KTVB Digital has added two new folks to their team:

Katie Martin — digital account executive
Katie Martin
Katie is the team’s newest digital account executive. She is a graduate of University of Northern Colorado, and most recently worked for a specialty agency in Phoenix managing campaigns for insurance industry clients. She also spent time in customer service for Southwest Airlines.

Anna Daly — digital sales specialist
Anna Daly
Anna first joined the KTVB News Group as an intern in 2011, and now moves into the newly created role of digital sales specialist. She has previously serves as a producer of a variety of newscasts over the past three years — including News at Noon and News at Six. Anna is a graduate of Northwest Nazarene University.

Congratulations to both.